Big 12 Honors 45 WVU Student-Athletes

By Katie Kane

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June 20, 2013 04:47 PM

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Big 12 Conference office named 45 West Virginia student-athletes to the inaugural Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team today, which honors conference competitors who are new, incoming freshmen at their respective league institution.

A total of 383 student-athletes were named to the team, led by Texas with 65 honorees and Baylor with 46. West Virginia rounded out the top three schools in the Big 12, followed by Oklahoma State with 44 and TCU with 40 members.

A total of 22 student-athletes were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages, including Mountaineer baseball player Brock Dykxhoorn, rowing student-athlete Mary Ignatiadis and women’s soccer player Amanda Hill.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the 2012-13 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshman that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.